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"If we catch this, Tina will definitely like it, right?"

This was Wang Yan's second thought.

"Wow—!"

The Holy Relic Red Eagle had no intention of continuing the standoff. In its view, the thing in front of it had invaded its territory and was not running away, so war was the only option.

With a sudden flap of its enormous wings, dozens of scorching fiery feathers shot towards the spaceship.

Given the elemental power of this monster, the spaceship would definitely be damaged if it were hit by its fire feathers.

After all, in order to take off, the spaceship has a large number of weight reduction runes engraved on its hull, which means that there are very few runes engraved for defense.

However, Wang Yan couldn't possibly just watch the Holy Remains Red Eagle's attack land on the spaceship.

The "Seventy-Two Cyclones" spun faster, and dozens of wind blades appeared to meet the roaring fire feathers.

The wind blades and fire feathers collided violently in the air, exploding into bursts of light and flame mixed with blue and crimson. The scorching air currents, accompanied by explosions, swept across the sky, and the surrounding clouds were completely blown away.

"Wow—!"

The Sacred Relic Red Eagle let out a high-pitched, sharp cry, clearly enraged by the counterattack of the "little insect" before it.

Its massive body suddenly rose upwards, its wings folded, and it assumed a diving posture. The fire element flowing between its bones and feathers suddenly became violent.

In just a few breaths, a huge lava fireball with a diameter of more than five meters condensed in front of it.

However, during this time, Dolly had already activated the spaceship's defense system, and a huge elemental barrier appeared on the spaceship. At the same time, something like a protruding head extended from the bow and sides of the spaceship.

Energy emission device.

It was a weapon mounted on the Elemental Mechanism, but unexpectedly, the Myo-ronpa people mounted it on their spaceship.

Even in the midst of battle, Wang Yan couldn't help but complain, "This really is a cobbled-together ship."

While internally complaining, Wang Yan did not lose focus; his gaze remained fixed on the massive lava fireball that was hurtling towards him.

"Guard the spaceship, Dolly."

After calling out, Wang Yan looked at the Sacred Remains Red Eagle again, a slight smile curving his lips. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward: "Perfect, let's try out what I've just come up with."

His mind raced, and his connection with the "Seventy-Two Celestial Beams" reached its peak in an instant.

The gale lifted him up and sent him flying toward the swooping, holy eagle.

"(Angelic language) Elements, heed my command!"

"(Angelic language) The spatial realm unfolds!"

As Wang Yan's voice fell.

The surface of the "Seventy-Two Cyclones" shone brightly, countless elemental and spatial runes lit up simultaneously, intertwining in an unprecedentedly complex orbit.

The air in front of the spaceship suddenly became thick and heavy, and the colorful elemental forces painted the sky in colors, like a rainbow.

If you look closely, you can even see that as these elemental forces flow, spiral-shaped arrays of runes are forming around them.

This process seemed long, but it was actually only a moment, and the attack of the Holy Remains Red Falcon came to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan remained calm and communicated with the "Seventy-Two Cyclone Divination" in his mind.

"(In the language of the angels) Wind, gather to form a wall; water, solidify to form a foundation!"

Countless cyan wind breaths swirled and compressed rapidly, forming a huge, semi-transparent, curved wind wall.

At the same time, behind the wind wall, blue water elements quickly materialized, transforming into countless fine streams of water that merged into the wind wall, dyeing it blue.

Wang Yan had learned magic from Erossan and also some Liyue magic from Ningguang. He had some understanding of how to combine elemental forces into composite spells.

When he fought Ying, he wasn't familiar with it, so he didn't use it. But now that so much time has passed, Wang Yan thinks it's time to put it to use.

Composite Element Rune Spell - Feng Shui Barrier.

Wang Yan waved his hand, and the newly formed composite elemental barrier pushed against the swooping Holy Remains Red Eagle.

"Boom!!!"

The lava fireball, carried by the red eagle, slammed heavily onto the feng shui barrier.

Amidst the earth-shattering roar, flames splattered wildly, and the barrier trembled violently, but the wind element continuously carried the water element to spread, forcefully suppressing the incoming fire element.

Hot steam began to rise.

The eagle's diving momentum faltered.

"Now!" Wang Yan seized the moment when the Red Eagle's old strength was exhausted and its new strength had not yet been generated, and spread his five fingers on his right hand, aiming at the huge figure in the air.

"(Angel's words) Thunder, show your swiftness; ice, block your path!"

The "Seventy-Two Cyclones" shifted once more, with runes of lightning and ice flashing.

Several thick, purple lightning bolts shot out first, striking precisely at key points affecting its flight, such as the joints of its wings and the base of its tail feathers.

The paralysis and penetration effects of the lightning element caused the red eagle's movements to become noticeably stiff and unbalanced.

Immediately following the lightning, a chilling mist spread out, quickly condensing on the red eagle's body, especially on the parts struck by lightning, where frost spread, further restricting its agility.

The ice-lightning superconducting reaction occurred quietly, weakening the elemental resistance and physical defense of the red eagle's body.

“It’s not over yet!” He made a fist with his left hand, as if grasping an invisible thread. “(In angelic language) Grass, grow and entwine; water, nourish and sustain—bloom!”

Around the eagle, countless tough vines shimmering with green light sprouted from thin air, winding up along the frost-covered parts and tightly binding its wings and claws.

At the same time, a steady stream of azure water droplets appeared out of nowhere, dripping onto the vines and the body of the red eagle.

When water comes into contact with grass, grassland nuclei emerge. Before they can fall from the sky, the lightning element remaining on the red eagle reacts with these grassland nuclei.

Absolutely gorgeous!

One after another, green meteors shot into the sky, and then, guided by Wang Yan's will, they fell on the body of the Holy Remains Red Eagle like a meteor shower.

"Wow—!"

The sacred eagle let out a mournful, painful cry.

Feathers, bones, and even flesh were constantly shattered and disintegrated under the bombardment.

Perhaps they truly felt threatened.

The Sacred Red Eagle let out a deafening shriek, and a blinding crimson light suddenly burst forth from the gaps in its bones. Violent fire elements surged from its body like a volcanic eruption, instantly forming a ball of scorching armor that enveloped its entire body.

The water, grass, and even the remaining ice and lightning elements that Wang Yan had previously attached to it were all evaporated and burned in the burst of flames, turning into scattered elemental light spots.

These elements didn't even have time to react before they were burned to ashes by the raging fire.

There is a kind of beauty in the incompatibility of weak elements and the reaction of strong elements.

The giant beast, freed from its restraints, spread its wings and charged at Wang Yan with even greater ferocity than before, accompanied by towering waves of fire.

Learning from its previous mistakes, it no longer condenses large fireballs, but instead transforms its raging fire elements into countless scorching rays and continuous barrages of fire feathers, launching a fierce close-range attack in conjunction with the tearing of its claws and beak.

Wang Yan's expression hardened, and the "Seventy-Two Cyclone Beams" spun rapidly around his body, with wind shields, cliffs, and ice walls flashing alternately, constantly shattering and reassembling amidst continuous explosions and impacts.

He dodged repeatedly in the air, the afterimages brought by the accelerated wind element almost forming a continuous blur, but he was still forced to retreat by the scorching fire waves and sharp air currents, seemingly only able to defend and parry, unable to organize an effective counterattack.

Chapter 162, First Edition: Elemental Domain

"Mr. Wang Yan!"

"be careful!"

In the distance, on the retreating spaceship, the crew members' hearts were in their throats, and exclamations of alarm rose and fell.

However, Wang Yan had no intention of responding to everyone. He seemed to have rediscovered the feeling of killing someone for the first time at Kawan Station. His heart was racing, and a surge of heat rose from his chest, quickly spreading to his limbs and bones.

He got excited!

The Holy Remains Red Eagle also grew more ferocious with each battle, its fiery armor burning fiercely as it recklessly unleashed terrifying fire elements, as if it wanted to set the sky ablaze.

It seized the tiny opening after Wang Yan parried once, accelerated instantly, and its giant beak slammed down like a crimson meteor!

However, a glint flashed in Wang Yan's eyes. He did not panic. He simply shifted his body slightly to the side and dodged the attack. At the same time, he quickly retreated and created distance.

"As the first truly formidable opponent I've encountered since arriving in Teyvat, I will finish you off with my strongest form."

Wang Yan solemnly declared to the sacred red eagle, regardless of whether it could understand him or not.

Then, he opened his arms as if embracing the world: "Elements, runes, authority... to me, they can actually be referred to as knowledge. To rule knowledge is to rule power. So, welcome to my domain."

What was originally a subspace realm that merely confined the flow of elements instantly expanded, continuously spreading outwards, completely enclosing the airspace within a radius of several kilometers.

The elemental flow surrounding Wang Yan also began to spread and expand, rendering the entire battlefield into a seven-colored space.

At the same time, countless spiraling rings of amplification runes appeared in the void.

"Come, face my elemental domain!"

Wang Yan looked at the Sacred Remains Red Eagle, his expression utterly calm.

It wasn't that he was faking it; at this moment, countless elemental runes were surging through his mind. It was these runes that formed a strange elemental formula, allowing Wang Yan to expand the amplification range to such a huge extent.

If Wang Yan hadn't been practicing the "Purification of the Three Karmas Mantra" given to him by Naxi Da along the way, his will might not have been able to drive this technique at all.

The so-called Elemental Domain is actually a vast amplification domain formed by using Wang Yan's understanding of elemental runes and the elemental usage rights granted by the angel's blessing to summon a massive amount of elemental power, combined with the [Elemental Resonance Chamber] technology.

Within this realm, Wang Yan's every move can trigger elemental forces, generating immense power.

Despite not understanding Wang Yan's linguistic provocation, the Holy Relic Red Eagle could still glean some of the meaning from his words.

The flames grew increasingly violent, and the Sacred Red Eagle let out a fierce cry, flapped its wings, and charged towards Wang Yan once more.

However, Wang Yan now naturally wouldn't dodge or take a beating.

"Rock Spear".

With a mere thought, Wang Yan summoned hundreds of rock spears within his elemental domain, which then shot out to block the path of the Sacred Red Falcon.

Cosplaying as Zhong Li is also a tradition of the Wang family.

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of rock spears, the Holy Red Eagle had no choice but to stop abruptly and dodge.

As a flying monster, it is exceptionally large, yet it still retains agile flying skills.

Of the hundreds of rock spears it evaded, only a few hit, and those that did were burned to ashes in a very short time by the intense flames.

This sacred eagle has a somewhat elemental feel to it.

However, Wang Yan didn't seem to care. After briefly cosplaying as Zhong Li, he seemed to have merged with the endless elemental power around him.

Within the domain, seven-colored elemental light bands swirled like vortexes, and layers of amplification rune arrays were embedded in the void, restraining, harmonizing, and amplifying massive amounts of elemental power.

Just like with the rock spear, he no longer needed to cast spells one by one. With just a slight thought, the elements within his domain would surge according to his will.

Wang Yan calmly watched the Holy Remains Red Falcon dodge the rock spear and try to get closer. He raised his right hand, and the wind element in his domain suddenly gathered and condensed into hundreds of high-speed spinning cyan wind blades, which shot out in a fan shape.

The ruddy eagle screech and flapped its wings to dodge, while simultaneously spitting out a series of crimson fireballs in an attempt to intercept the wind blades.

However, Wang Yan simply pressed down with his hand, and the blazing fireball was extinguished silently.

In this realm, Wang Yan has extremely high control over elemental power.

Although he couldn't extinguish the fire on the Holy Remains Red Falcon's body directly, Wang Yan could easily suppress the flames that had left the Holy Remains Red Falcon's body with a flick of his wrist.

The whistling wind blades struck the joints of the red eagle's wings with pinpoint accuracy.

Feathers and armor shattered, and the ruddy eagle's body faltered.

Before it could adjust its posture, Wang Yan raised one hand, and countless rock spikes shot out from the void below the domain, like a forest of spears soaring into the sky, sealing off the space for the red eagle to fall.

The red eagle roared, its fiery armor bursting into flames, smashing several rock spikes to pieces. But more rock spikes continued to grow, relentlessly stabbing its belly and wing roots.

Sparks and debris flew everywhere, forcing the red eagle to climb upwards.

However, Wang Yan did not give it a chance to breathe. He flipped his palm over again and pressed down lightly.

Within the domain, countless ice and lightning elements responded to Wang Yan's will, condensing into dense ice cones in the air, which poured down like a torrential rain, blocking the Red Eagle's evasion route.

At the same time, countless thick, purple lightning snakes shot out from the edge of the territory, slithering along the gaps in the ice cones and biting hard into the red eagle's back.

Ice and lightning intertwined, a superconducting reaction erupted, the elemental resistance on the surface of the Red Eagle was greatly weakened, and the Flame Armor flickered.

The red eagle was utterly enraged.

Ignoring its injuries, it flapped its wings with all its might, and a blinding red light burst forth from its skeleton.

A scorching vortex of fire suddenly expanded from its center, attempting to forcibly disperse the surrounding elemental domains.